A CHINESE GREEN-GROUND FIGURATIVE VASE.A CHINESE GREEN-GROUND FIGURATIVE VASE. Qing Dynasty. Of mallet form on a spreading foot with a trumpet neck, decorated with a figure crossing a bridge below overhanging rocks which extend up the neck to a small grotto where a figure sits playing a piper, the interior and base enamelled turquoise, six character iron red Qianlong mark to the base, 23.4cm H. Provenance: from the collection of Dame Marie Tempest (1864 – 1942), thence by descent to the present owner. One of the greatest sopranos and comic actresses of her day, Tempest visited China in the 1910s as part of an eight year international tour in 1914 which she took in Singapore, China, Japan and the Philippines. 清 綠地人物故事圖紋瓶 來源：傑出歌手及喜劇演員瑪莉·特佩斯特收藏，後傳給現收藏家。特佩斯特於1910年代到訪中國、新加坡、日本及菲律賓。